Why is it always so hard to find a group!

[Rhambuk]

Originally Posted by Derubael [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Paladins make excellent tanks

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[Bill Tetley]

Originally Posted by Shaakglith12194 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

At higher levels it will get easier to find groups.

parked my paladin at 55 (epic, skybelt, divine might, sky armor, the works)... could never find a group playing him. made a warrior and very quickly caught right up to my paladin. players are prejudice against paladins

[fadetree]

Same. Parked my ranger at 52. Will play him again at velious when I can solo decently. Tired of the hate. Now I shammy for a living.

[Kender]

1-50 you can solo as pally, and it will be also easy to find groups. 51+ and pallies are treated like plague carriers

[KwwBall]

Well I'm playing my Pally to 60, time to change the status quo boys!

[NextGenesis88]

Originally Posted by Tasslehofp99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

wow some ignorant people posting about the exp penalty in this thread


Having a paladin in your group doesn't automatically mean his penalty hits you as well just for grouping with him, that's not the way it works. His exp penalty just means that he is required to get 40% more exp per level than non-penalty classes, which gives him a higher TOTAL AMOUNT OF EXP than most other non-penalty classes of the same level.

When the game is cutting the exp up into slices between group members, it decides who gets the bigger slice by checking who has the highest total exp. In this case, since the paladin has required 40%~ more exp per level than a shaman, he most likely would take more exp than the shaman per kill. In a duo this penalty would hardly be noticeable, unless the paladin is like 3 levels higher than the shaman. In which case you'd probably start noticing the exp flow slow down a bit.


But as many others have already stated, the fact that there are TWO of you should also enable you to kill a lot faster and with less downtime. If you're in a duo with just about any class and gaining exp slower than you would solo...I hate to say this but one of you is most likely a newbie.

I was going to post this, but you did a good job. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] More people need to understand it instead of repeating what other people tell them without anything to back it up. It's all on our very own wiki. Either way, I'm sure everyone is awaiting the day the class penalties are removed. I know I am, but also I really don't care that much, it's more the other people that I want to get over it. I am not in a huge rush as I enjoy seeing a lot of places and learning things I didn't know before. Personally, I don't have many issues, but there have been a couple occasions where I get straight up ignored. I mean come on it's not that hard to say no or simply state that you just want to solo or duo, etc. It gets to me when people can't say a word, but if I was into role playing then I guess that should make sense being a troll shadowknight. :\ In the groups that I do tank in people are generally happy with the experience so I like to think I am playing the class well. A bad player with a combo with very low or no penalties would be a much worse choice than a hybrid who can do the job right.

I do want to say this though. Let's say for example there is a group full of ALL Troll Shadowknights. Each one would get the same amount of experience and there wouldn't be a problem. Each player would be having their normal XP penalty with all of the group bonuses in place as they should. Some people make jokes on having a group of full hybrids, but actually that would be a perfect split of XP if they all were the same class.

[doeda]

for some reason all paladin players I encounter are amazing players, kind hearted and know their min/max..then you run into the twinked bards that can't run cirlces/twist songs, enchanters that only tash and dot, list goes on and on!!! love paladins

[Daldaen]

I love playing my paladin... just hate how if I am trying to be fast with snap aggro in a group and I Flash of Light a mob before its in melee range it will randomly run away feared. Stupid blind mechanics. WTB 10 more levels for stun.

[NextGenesis88]

Sometimes it seems as a minority you may run into max levels of the same class who really want to take you under their wing or help you out to give you an edge knowing the struggles you may have to endure along the way and how slow it can be. It may turn into you being a bit twinked and groups would be silly to say no as long as you know how to play. For example I just met a level 60 Ogre SK with an epic who donated 3 Darkforge pieces (used for epic quest), a weapon and a little bit of money to ease my struggles along the way and giving me a better chance to find groups. It's cool to make new friends like that and makes you feel proud to be your race and class and also the underdog. He's a good dude and player. I am more happy that I am making new friends and to me that's more important to the gear I was given. Having friends like that can also be a benefit to ask questions and advice while playing the game and having good conversations to help the time go by not so slowly. To me that's more valuable than the gear.

[tristantio]

Why does /who all lfg only work periodically?

I can dig for the patch note, but I'm pretty sure at this point in time it was added to classic/kunark eq.